Basildon 2008
Fairlop Chess championship 2008 came to a finish in April Ruqyyah became the champion with 20 points out of a possible 21.
Ruqyyah and the high finishers qualified (Ryan, Shagilan, Sathiya, Sam, Max, Liam, Nilaa, Joe b and Oliver) for the Essex County Championship held at Basildon.
Some great chess was played and while this year Fairlop did come away with an age group champion,we had 5 3rd places , 1 4th place and 1 5th place in various age groups.
Also 4 players Ryan, Max, Sam and Shagilan qualified for the National Finals.
Well done to everyone.
National Primary School Chess Championship 2008
In June Fairlop Chess team took part in the National Primary School Chess Championship semi-final at Pontins Holiday Camp Hemsby in Norfolk over a weekend.
We qualified for this by coming 3rd in the Essex team tournament in Colchester back in January.
In the semi-final was 40 Schools 35 of them private Schools, many of these teach chess as part of the curriculum so we knew this was going to be a very tough tournament.
Each School plays 6 matches against other Schools 5 boards a match.
1 point for a win ½ a point for a drawn game, so if your team wins 3 games and loses 2 games the match score is 3-2. You get 3 points the other team gets 2 points.
Fairlop played 6 private Schools and won 3 matches drew 1 match and lost 2 matches.
For the Fairlop team to compete at this level was a fantastic achievement our final position was 23rd out of 40.
The team Ryan, Ruqyyah, Max, Shagilan, Sathiya, and Liam.
